Into the Frozen Wastes

Into the Frozen Wastes is a one-shot horror adventure designed for characters levels 7-10 and is expected to take 3-5 hours. This adventure is a combination of fighting against the deadly wrath of nature and a set of four undead horsemen that seek to raise an army of the dead. The players will be forced to find ways to stay warm, survive an avalanche, scale a wall of ice, and other challenges as they hunt down each of these powerful foes and slay them. I would consider this adventure to be lighter than the others in the set in terms of horror - mostly using the fear of becoming helplessly stranded and freezing to death as they attempt to finish their quest. The combat is challenging, but the deep snow and unique abilities of the Dread Riders should lead to an interesting night for combat-loving parties.

This adventure also includes 12 new creature stat blocks including goliath skeletons, dread steeds, four different dread riders, and a zombified mammoth!

Adventure Description

The land to the far north is considered uninhabitable by even the most stubborn and arrogant of goliaths. The temperatures there are well below freezing and drifts of snow are deep enough to consume an entire horse. Most believe this is merely an artifact of mother nature - a land naturally formed that is not suitable for the living, but the goliath and orcish tribes in the north all have their own myths and stories about these frigid wastelands. Myths about the undead menace that once plagued the land; creatures that refused to stay dead and instead had to be frozen beneath thick layers of ice. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of these mountains, the four horsemen these legends spoke of have risen once again. They seek to slay the nomadic tribes of the north to rebuild an army of undead to conquer the lands of the living, unless of course a group of heroes can stop them first.

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The Horror Collection

This is one of the adventures included in Nerzugal's Tome of Horrifying Adventures. If you are looking for more one-shots of a similar nature, you can check out the full book and the other adventures here at a discounted bundle price!

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